Category: Football

It seems like soccer fundraising is either a season-long effort or a quick hitter that doesn’t cover all your needs.

Well, the good news is that there are some ways to make money quickly, or even all season long, that merit your consideration.

What are your fundraising goals?

Many youth sports teams and leagues want:

1 – Fundraisers that can be done with little effort

2 – Fundraisers that may be done sporadically

3 – Fundraisers that will produce significant results

Soccer fundraising programs

In this article, we’ll examine several soccer fundraisers that are quick hitting and sure to score.

The three soccer fundraising programs are:

1 – Bottled water

2 – Shot cage and radar gun

3 – Fast-food discount cards

Soccer Fundraising: Bottled Water

The first soccer fundraising program is selling bottled water. Consider for a moment that each team member will bring water to every practice and to every game. That’s at least a couple dozen bottles right there and probably a whole lot more.

Add in sales to spectators and you’ve got at least 500 bottles that could easily be sold. Sure, you can buy in bulk at a warehouse club, but you can add extra value to your soccer fundraising with private branding of your bottled water, either as a team or as a league.

The initial setup for each label is $75 and afterward, the unique label with your logo emblazoned in color costs nothing extra. Prices for the bottled spring water are wholesale, which allows your group a comfortable 50% profit margin.

When you think about it, doesn’t it make sense to capture the wholesale-to-retail markup for your group while building team spirit at the same time?

Soccer Fundraising: Shot Cage

The second soccer fundraising program is best suited for a league-wide effort. On Picture Day, during a tournament, or at any other event with high attendance, set up a soccer “shot cage” with a radar gun to measure velocity.

Every player will want multiple chances to show just how fast their shot speeds toward the goal. You can set up contests with prizes for various age ranges, team awards, Top Gun, etc.

Soccer fundraising featuring a radar-equipped shooting cage is actually an inexpensive event to host.

Several companies rent the equipment by the week with radar gun, cage, and freight all included for less than $350.

You can also find suppliers who will put together a soccer fundraiser with a hosted radar cage and do a revenue split with your group, so there would be no upfront cost.

To maximize your soccer fundraising success, price shots in a multi-shot package, such as two for $1 or other combinations.

Count the number of players in your league or potential shooters at a tournament event and determine if this type of soccer fundraising is right for your group.

For additional information, you can contact national supplier Absolute Amusements.

Soccer Fundraising: Fast-food Discount Cards

The third soccer fundraiser is one that your group can use once or use to raise funds all season long. And that’s selling fast food discount cards.

This is a simple item to sell. Each fundraising discount card contains a certain number of two-for-one meal packages at a well-known fast food outlet.

Participating companies include McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Subway, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dominoes Pizza, and other large fast-food chains.

Your group purchases a certain number of these cards in advance and sells them to families or individuals that will appreciate a substantial discount. The number of two-for-one deals on each card varies by company.

Pizza Hut’s card offers a free pizza with the purchase of another pizza up to a maximum of ten. The McDonalds card seems to offer the least number of “double deals” but its also one of the most popular.

Each card retails for $10 and costs between $1 to $2. Each one features the fast-food company’s logo on the front along with a message stating that 80-90% of the price of this card goes to support your soccer fundraising group.

It’s a nice way to tap into the consumer spending revenue stream with an attractive product that benefits both parties.

Find out more about fundraising discount cards from a supplier that handles all the different cards.

These programs allow your group to reap an excellent return by offering quality products that require only moderate effort. They are guaranteed to score a goal every time out with your players and your supporters.

Want to help your budding soccer superstar by helping them practice in the backyard? Don’t have really deep pockets? Well, good news, you can easily and inexpensively build your very own pvc soccer goal. It can usually be built and ready to go in just a couple hours, and you can really save yourself some money by going this route (without sacrificing the quality).

Here is an easy to follow, step by step blueprint on how to build a 4′ x 5′ durable, and inexpensive, backyard soccer goal:

1. You’ll need two 5 foot sections, two 4 foot sections, four 3 foot sections and four 1 foot sections. Get your pvc pipe, measure and cut (remember, measure twice, cut once!). Make sure that you sand off any rough edges that might be there after you cut the pipe.

2. When assembling your goal, lay it all out first, don’t attach the pieces to each other yet, to make sure that you’ve got everything right. You don’t want to find out you made a mistake after you’ve got all the pieces glued together. When you assemble the base you can use an elbow and attach one of the 1 foot sections to a three foot section. Lay each piece on the ground and add a T connector to the ends. Attach them using one of the 3 foot sections.

3. Repeat this process to build the top of the goal. The only difference is that you will attach the 1 foot sections to the 4 foot sections. Add elbows to the short sides of the base facing upwards.

4. Insert the bottom of the 4 foot sections to the base elbows. Attach the bottom and top pieces to the 5 foot pieces. This will help support the goal.

5. Once you’ve got all the pieces laid out properly, glue them permanently into place using PVC cement. Remember, that PVC cement dries quickly so don’t decide to take a break until it’s all put together.

6. Add the netting. Use zip ties (you can also use bungee’s, twine, or velcro) and attach the net to the frame. Make sure to put the fasteners every few inches so your net is securely attached. Also leave a little slack when attaching the net so it doesn’t rip apart after a few hard shots.

7. If you want to add some padding to the goal all you have to do is attach foam with duct tape to the PVC pipe. You will also need an anchoring system for your goal. You can either make it permanent or not. If you want a more permanent net just leave the ends of the PVC pipe a little longer, dig a hole and fill it with cement. You can then sink the extra PVC pipe at the bottom of the goal into the cement.

If you don’t want to permanently attach the goal to your backyard, you can just get some stakes and fasten them to the goal and then drive the stakes into the ground.

A little time and about $50 dollars is all it takes to be a hero to your kids. It’s pretty easy to make a pvc soccer goal, so what are you waiting for?